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Excellence In Governance Awards

The Indian Express Excellence in Governance Awards attempts to identify and recognize the excellence in innovations at the district level by rewarding the spirit of the district.

The Indian Express is a keen observer of all things. Its non-partisan coverage and insightful analysis have ensured that it is widely read and respected by those with influence. The publication routinely covers local stories, highlighting change as it happens at the grassroots.

Some of the most challenging tasks taken at the ground level are by the district magistrates at the district level. A district magistrate acts as a leader, motivator, developer, and saviour and above everything, a top administrator whose unparalleled uniqueness makes them a chief actor in the district administration.

For good governance and good policies to translate into tangible action on the ground, we believe that the “steel-frame of India” has to gear up and be the change that we wish to effectively make and see, in millions of lives in our vast and diverse country. We hope to go some distance in marking and encouraging those who make the effort and push for innovation and effective implementation.

Excellence In Governance Awards will essentially honour District Magistrates from across the 688 districts in the country for innovations implemented by them in their areas, which had a positive impact on the welfare of the citizens and government efficiency.

The programme will recognize and celebrate the wealth of inspirational individuals and innovative projects within the District Magistrates community. The awards will help spread best practices across government, sharing innovation, leadership and learning.

Those District Magistrates who have worked on and helped introduce change in their districts, through innovative introduction or management or planning of schemes, ideas and projects would be awarded and encouraged every two years, for excellence in Education, Health, Inclusion, use of Technology and many more categories.

Guidelines

1. You may nominate your entry in one or more of the following award categories.

S.No.

CATEGORY

NO OF AWARDS

SPECIFICATION

1

Education

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

2

Health

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

3

Social Welfare

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

4

Implementation of central schemes

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

5

Community Involvement

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

6

North East districts

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

7

Left Wing Extremism districts

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

8

Jammu & Kashmir districts

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

9

Border districts

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

10

Technology implementation

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

11

Women Development

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

12

Child Development

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

13

Inclusive innovation

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

14

Agriculture

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

15

Skill Development

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

16

Entrepreneurship

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

17

Energy

3

Gold, Silver and Bronze

18

District Magistrate – Game Changer

1

Nominated by The Financial Express Editorial

2. Eligibility criteria for individual category is mentioned with the categories section.

3. The application process is FREE. There is no nomination fee for the awards.

4. District Magistrate can nominate projects in as many categories as they want. The same project can be nominated for more than one category (kindly mention the same during the entry)

5. The entries would be judged based on the questionnaire provided for each of the category. Please try to provide relevant collateral, detailed write-ups and quantitative results / metrics wherever required to strengthen your nomination.

6. All questions are mandatory. Incomplete responses may be rejected.

9. In case of ongoing initiatives, the data needs to be provided for completed phases and the results/ impact analysis of the same.

10. The methodology towards entries screening and selection would be:

The projects/ initiatives would be judged on the basis of information provided in the nomination forms

The entries would be short-listed based on the scoring framework developed by FE/KPMG

FE /KPMG may contact the respondents in case of any clarification/validation required. The same would be done through a telephone call / video conferencing.

The winner(s) would be decided by a Jury panel and its decision will be final and binding.